News Review From Harvard Medical School

Skip the Teaspoons

To get the dose right, parents should use only cups, spoons or droppers marked in milliliters to give medicines to children, a doctors' group says. Read the story and get tips for medicating resistant kids.

Past Age 90, Genes Rule

People are much more likely to live to 95, 100 or more if a brother or sister also lived that long, a new study shows. Read the story and a related Harvard news review.

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